A new survey from Google, in partnership with Morning Consult, paints a clear picture: Americans are more aware than ever of online scams—but they’re not all protecting themselves the same way. More than 60% of U.S. consumers say scam activity has increased over the past year. A third have experienced a data breach personally. The […]
Online Scams Are Evolving—And So Are Our Security Habits Read More »
Phishing remains one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks—and thanks to AI, phishing emails are becoming more convincing and harder to detect than ever before. Even though only 0.7–4.7% of phishing emails that made it past filters in 2024 were AI-generated, researchers at Hoxhunt say the level of sophistication is quickly rising. AI
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Criminals stealing and piecing together parts of your online identity to create fake identities might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it happens every day through synthetic identity fraud, or Frankenstein Fraud. The FBI released a public service announcement in December regarding Frankenstein fraud, which happens when someone steals an individual’s
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Identity theft is on the rise, with 842,000 cases reported to the FTC in the first nine months of 2024 and 290,000 cases reported in Q3 alone. If this trajectory continues, the total for the year will surpass last year’s numbers. Since 2020, identity theft and credit card fraud have been the most common types
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More than a billion people were hit by data breaches in the first half of 2024 —a jaw-dropping 1,170% jump from the same time last year. The latest Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) report has been released and the numbers are alarming. Here are a few highlights from the H1 2024 Data Breach Report released
Data Breach Victims Top 1 Billion During First Half of 2024 Read More »
Every person in America may have had their Social Security numbers stolen and shared on the dark web in a massive National Public Data breach. The unprecedented breach involved 2.9 billion records, including names, phone numbers, and addresses. According to a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a hacker
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Three fourths of U.S. citizens have had their personal health information exposed by cybersecurity attacks since 2020. The health care sector is frequently targeted by hackers, with HealthEquity being one of the latest victims. The massive data breach affected 4.3 million people. HealthEquity detected the possible breach in late March and by June 10 confirmed
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